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'Star Trek Into Darkness' falls short of projections; still wins

It was able to knock off "Iron Man 3" at the top of the box office pile but wasn't able to hit the early projections. In fact, one could easily say "Star Trek Into Darkness" underperformed.

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'Star Trek Into Darkness' should steer clear in ride to the top

This is a crucial week for one movie. No, not “Iron Man 3” or “Star Trek Into Darkness," which boldly opens today. That film is “The Great Gatsby.”

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'The Great Gatsby' opens big but 'Iron Man 3' still wins

With "The Great Gatsby" having a great opening weekend, it wasn't enough to stop the power of "Iron Man 3." But, the box office benefits in a big way as the top two films raked it in and sent the summer box office season sailing.

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'The Great Gatsby' arrives but still must battle 'Iron Man 3'

While not being released on the same day, it can not be a good thing for "The Great Gatsby" to play against the still strong "Iron Man 3."

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'Iron Man 3' rockets its way to second-best opening ever

It wasn't as big as "The Avengers" but it did beat "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2." It would be "Iron Man 3" with a box office haul of $175 million. It completely dwarfed the competition.

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Can 'Iron Man 3' outpace 'The Avengers'? Not yet

It looks like the midnight showings of "Iron Man 3" did not match "The Avengers." But wait, that sentence doesn't come to close to telling the whole story.

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'Iron Man 3' will be huge, it is that simple

It will be a big box office when this report is updated, to say the least. That statement is a no-brainer, but how much will "Iron Man 3" take in will be tracked but it is already raking it in overseas.

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Slow weekend gives 'Pain and Gain' a win; 'The Big Wedding' bombs

Slow is the appropriate word for the box office as the winner could only muster $20 million. Not only that no one seemed to want to attend a wedding, either.

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'Pain and Gain' to pounce and 'The Big Wedding' sends out invites

It could be the calm before the storm or a little pain before a big gain as the world awaits "Iron Man 3." But, "Iron Man" comes out next week.

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Review: Polanski tells his own story in slanted but fascinating doc Special

How do we reconcile that a man who could drug and violate a 13-year-old girl could also make undeniably great films like “Chinatown”, “Tess” and “The Pianist”? Unfortunately, “Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir” doesn't answer that question.

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